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Leisure Vehicle Checks...
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Leisure Vehicle Checks...
Leisure
Leisure Vehicle Checks... June 4, 2026
Harley appears to be seeing continued strong retail momentum through May.
Powersports also seem to be holding up, and in particular Can-am's Defender
HD11 was called out as having particularly strong retail performance. However,
RVs are underperforming expectations from earlier in the year and marine remains
in a soft retail environment, but at least not getting worse. Inventories across Greg Badishkanian
categories look solid today, though we sense incremental risk of inventory creep gbadishkanian@wolferesearch.com
(646) 582-9340
in the RV industry. View Greg’s Research
View Comp TablePowersports
Catherine Lee
BRP's Defender HD11 called out as a particular market share gainer this year. clee@wolferesearch.com
The lineup starts with a 2-seater SxS vehicle with at an MSRP of $22.7k. We have (646) 582-9341
heard commentary across dealers over the past 6-12 months that cabbed units have Spencer Hanus
performed exceptionally well; BRP's product seems to be taking advantage of this shanus@wolferesearch.com
(646) 582-9344
dynamic. Commentary from our dealer checks suggested BRP's retail sales have View Spencer’s Research
sustained momentum through May. See Exhibit 1 for the full HD11 lineup.
Travis Harbauer
BRP's pricing/strategy has not changed since the tariff announcement in mid-April. tharbauer@wolferesearch.com (646) 582-9343
The OEM has continued to ship product into the US and has not adjusted pricing for
this selling season. On the last earnings call, management noted pricing as one way to Scott Stringer, CFA sstringer@wolferesearch.com
offset the incremental $500mm in costs related to tariffs, but also hinted that pricing (646) 582-9351
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